With Gameweek 21 done and dusted, we dig deep into the data in our regular Sunday evening article. A trio of in-form midfielders at Arsenal, Man City and Swansea are amongst tonight’s topics, whilst we also assess United’s alarming attack, Burnley’s raiding right-back and the main men for West Brom and Palace as Tony Pulis and Alan Pardew kick-start their respective stints at the helm with a victory.
A) Giroud
B) Austin
B
Austin
A has better fixtures but i guess B has more value for money.
Bench one:
A] Terry [swa]
B] Trippier [CRY]
C] Clyne [new]
D] Cresswell [HUL]B
B
Trippier
That's conclusive...Although I specifically brought in Trippier for QPR, CRY, sun...hmmmm
D
Chambers or Bellerin to play instead of Debuchy?
Chambers
Arsenal fans said : Bellerin
Wenger said : Chambers[10 years running...]
Arsenal fans said: Buy a defensive rock
Wenger said: Buy a midget creative player
Vaanholt(tot), Iva(swa), Bertie(new), Wisdom(eve) -> pick 2 to bench
Vanholt
Wisdomexactly what I was hoping someone would say, thanks
It was too easy, mate
PvA Wisdom
Anyone lookin at Southampton attacking options for their WC? They have some decent fixtures coming up. Was going to chance Pelle but im not sure.
Clyne and Bertrand good attacking cover
Replied on last page. Brought in Tadic. Was considering Elia because of the price but he was far from convincing last night.
Not sure about attacking but I think Clyne/Bertrand will be coming back into my team for sure.
mane when back?
and pelle must come good...
David Silva is......
...the apocalypse
Boom! Well done Billy.
not in my FPL team.
...worth sacrificing to get Aguero into your team
....The male version of Salma Hayek. Sex.
Evertons Janurary deadline signing, then I woke up.
...Made of glass
Not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy
Thinking of going Cahill over Terry because Cahill has had his rest now. Would seem likely that Terry would also get a rest at some point. Anyone else going down this route?
Most think Cahill was dropped, not rested.
He will get back in to the side even if he was dropped and not rested so a good option over Terry imo.
No guarantees of that. Zouma did nothing wrong to justify it. Time will tell of course.
I'm definitely thinking Terry will get rested sometime around CL fixtures, but I'm not convinced about Cahill still. Might be getting him on my WC plans to chop 0.2 off Terry - I can't afford my team now because of Azpi's drop.
Thinking Terry + decent back up is a better plan.
cheers all. I do have the extra 0.2 so will go Terry for now. If there is an Azpil injury verdict I may go Luis but I doubt he will be out for long so perhaps not.
think luis is not playing because it would limit hazards role a bit. don't know how they are gonna deal but guess the system like now doesn't really work with a straight swap luis/azpil. maybe we'll see a backline of terry, zouma, cahill, ivan? I mean sometimes they play like a 3 at the back with ivan really advanced anyway.... short: think he'll play cahill again one way or another, but i could be wrong.
Pretty sure Cahill was dropped. Kane destroyed him the previous week...
this
Dont go that route
Imagine UCL games coming. Azpi = Cahill
Are we really still selling Costa, who scored a hattrick against Swansea last time out, for Aguero?
Don't really want to sell Kane or Austin either though...Some are some are not. Personally I'm keeping
I think I'm keeping too, at least for this week, might cost me 0.3 but Costa might score 17.
One of them has to go. I'm keeping Costa, he looks like he can get a hat trick in any game if he finishes the chances he gets. Could have had one against Newcastle
Having both Costa and Aguero will seriously damage the rest of my team, plus Kane and Austin are certainly earning their keep at this stage.
whats wrong with panti, bert, clyne, terry, sanchez, hazard, adm, chadli, aguero, cost, kane ?
I'm 3.2m off that. Nice TV.
You get the league's highest scorer and a captain option for the price
just doesn't get the bonus unless he goes nuts, which means hazard becomes the (c) choice. This is why people are doing Costa >>> Aguero.
I agree, I think I'll do the same, but next week.
He needs to score 30 goals this season just to reach 200 FPL points
Kane, Kun or.. Barnes?!?! :O
To buy? to sell? to marry with?
Start Austin or Boyd?
Austin
Will you press the WC button now to get:
Krul
Clyne - Terry - Clichy
Silva - Hazard - Sanchez - Fabregas - ADM
Aguero - Kane
Subs: McCathy - Barnes - Wasilewki - Baird
It really looks tempting but I am really sick of the "big names" as I have suffered enough with playing Zabaleta and Azpcuilleta and benching Kanes and Austin in the past three GWs.
Is there a case for benching Sanchez this week against Man City away ? This is only for those with a strong front 8 who would rather play Austin/Downing/Chadli/Siggy/Ings ahead of Alexis.
His last 4 away games have been against challenging opposition and yielded a total of just 10 pts :
2 (sou), 1 (whu), 2 (liv) and 5 (sto).
In fact his last 5 hauls almost all were at home against bottom/lower mid table opposition :
19 (STO), 10 (QPR), 9(NEW), 9(SOU), 16 (BUR),
So according to this we're expecting a blank against mci, and all other budget mids/forwards have fixtures at home + strong form.
These stats are all nice, but there are times when watching a match or 2 trumps all the stats. He's a beast, and city play open.
Agreed, but I don't think it's all about the stats. City won't give him space like qpr/new, I think they could shut him down with the Fernandi-twins. And Arsenal as a team are so much worse on the road.
You're not the only one who has said it, so I'm not going to claim I'm right. I have watched him a few times and had the same feeling as watching the likes of Bale, Walcott (at times) and Suarez.
Absolutely, he's fantastic to watch, explosive and can single-handedly drag his team over the line. I'm just trying to make an argument based on the past few games against quality opposition with a small sample size.
We're all waiting for his breakout away game, and it might even come this week. But I don't think benching him is as ridiculous a prospect as some people might suggest
I'm on wildcard and I thought there was. Then Debuchy's injury solved that problem. I had to rejig my team and got Boyd in so I didn't have such problems
Yeah, I think the majority is going to move back to a strong front 7 + Boyd. No headache that way
Nope, Man City's defense is terrible.
- Former Hart + Zabaleta owner
Also, I don't like benching my heavy hitters. They are heavy hitters for a reason, can score against anyoneHaha yeah, I share your pain as a Zaba owner. But city lift their game against quality opposition at the etihad, and are buoyed by the return of kompany and aguero.
i bench siggy atm. he has che.
and he scored 9 against sou, don't remember that game but sou tends to leave least space for opponents between the lines (together with che).
think the explosive pressing he did yesterday with the other team coming behind/helping could trouble mci without yaya, but let's see if wenger lets them play like that again. if özil is coming in - byebye pressing...Excellent arguments regarding pressing game and return of ozil. One more thing to note maybe, is that Sotn were missing Schneiderlin for that game where Arsenal won 1-0 (Sanchez 89').
exactly, I remember now. ward-prowse also missing, and davies playing as one of the DM wasn't it? liked wanyama in that game though - massive display. almost made it...
Morning Sunny
Is it time for a walk in the park again? 😆
Been there, done that, got the trophy 🙂
We're holding that off till the next tourney 😀
😳
It's ok Billy you never know we might have a spot for you next time, then you might have the opportunity to know what it feels like to be a winner 😀
Now now, nothing would be sweeter than glorious revenge 😉
Morning Spectrum
Any closer to an answer with your dillema?
Yup, check mail
Forgot to switch my email alerts back on, will go over for a read 🙂
Good to go for the game week, gents?
Foster
Ivanovic/Skrtel/Bertrand
Hazard (c)/Alexis/Sterling/ADM
Kane/Costa (vc)/Austin
(Fabianski/Boyd/Wasilewski/Hutton)
No FT's, 2.1 million bankedyep gtg. Nice team, mate. WC already?
Thanks!
Nope, not yet but planning to in gw 23same here. but then already took a hit for Kun 🙁
Nice team. Sure about Hazard (C) ?
Which one is better?
Team A - current team (-4)
GUZAN ELLIOT
Terry ZABA NAYLOR HUTTON Wisdom
Sanchez Haz Fab DOWNING Boyd
Kun Kane Austin
Team B - possible WC team
FOSTER MYHILL
Terry BERTY FONTE PVA Wisdom
Sanchez Haz Fab ADM Boyd
Kun Kane Austin
ta.B for me
should i hit the button? Playing WC next week would be more interesting, though.
Confusing 😛
Team A imoTeam A is my current team and I'm currenlt on a hit (-4)
Team B is my would possibly look like if I WC this week.
Bold players are players to be removed/brought in if I hit the button.
Sorry if the caps confuse you.Its ok, confusing at first sight only 😛
Team A
B I better for me
thanks man.
When is everyone doing RVP ---> Aguero?
Roo -> Kun done. For a hit, unfortunately.
Big move. Thinking of doing the same but away vs qpr could be good for Roo.
I know. Hopefully it won't backfire me.
Do it now
Did it saturday night!
Keeping till his price recovers.
1) Any idea why Bellerin and not Chambers came on for Debuchy?
2) Is it safe to assume that Chambers has his place back while Debuchy is out?Chambers has minor injury according to report. Also due to the on-form Bellerin and reckless-play of Chambers might keep the former ahead the latter.
No, I wouldn't assume that. Though it might be the case
Hey, guys: having trouble picking a 4th big mid. Thoughts?
A) Oscar
B) Fab
C) Gerrard
D) Cazorla
E) Silva
F) ADM
G) Other?
Panti/Heaton
Terry - Clyne - Bertie (Hutton, Wisdom)
Sanchez - Hazard - Sterling - XXXX (Jedinak)
Austin - Kane - KunI like ADM, many here do not
Of those has to be fab
ADM
Fab, look at Chelsea fixtures after City game
Just got my first hot topic today lads and just wanted to say thanks to everyone who commented 😀 many thanks and may the force of kun be with you!
You need to think bigger.
Write a community article.How does one go about this? I'm stoked at the hot topic haha. Taking baby steps
You need to sleep your way to the top I'm afraid. But lets just say the crew at FFS towers have no morals...
😀 To get on top, get on top.
Lol. Attention seeker.
Me or Christina ? haha
You.
Christina, everytime. She craves attention.
Btw, we really need a FFS Uefa tournie again. This season is dying a slow death.
WC cricket?
🙁That's the plan. Towards the end of the season so the finale is in gw38 as well. 😉
CL then I guess....
I see my bickering with O'Shaughnessy got hot-topiced as well 😆
wtf was that all about?
😕Dunno. Was a genuine response, not having a go at him. He's always come across to me as someone who follows stats and simple logic nearly religiously, so was surprised that he was going completely against all the data we have for the first 21 weeks of the season.
Lol I just saw that. Cracked me up.
Very good stuff haha
Had a read of that last night, very confusing!!!
In any universe would you play Boyd (home to palace) over Sanchez (away to city) this weekend?
If you have Ings up front already
Sure, but not this universe
My thought too but Boyd against palace. Other mids are haz, adm, Chadli
It's your decision. There's no way I would bench Sanchez though.
Yup. Think I agree. Plus ml is full of Sanchez and not boyd
Maybe not Boyd, but I would play Austin/Ings/Chadli/Downing/Siggy ahead of Alexis this week if there was an option.
Somehow Bony to City doesn't excite me as I know he's going to be a victim of squad depth there.
Anyone getting excited by the transfer window and the rumours?I just hope that southampton's position ahead of spurs and Liverpool is enough for them to keep their filthy hands off!
Yep. However it's almost as if Liverpool's season depends on Sturridge's recovery.
Doesn't look good for Dzeko(fantrax).
True. Doesn't for Jove as well but he's done me good whenever I've played him.
Which option is better? (WC) 🙂
A) Gardos+ Cameron + Boyd (5th mid)
B) Bertrand + Wasil + Albrighton (5th mid)
Team is:
Foster, Panti
Terry, GARDOS, Wisdom. PvA, CAMERON
Adm, Hazard, Sanchez, Downing, BOYD
Costa, Aguero, KaneC) Berty Wasil Boyd with Panti -> Myhill
Hmmm.
😉 B if you must, but I'm not a Marc fan.
B
First of all, get rid of Foster for heaton. Way better rotation.
To answer your question though, probably B, but it is close.
Any suggestions ffor a different approach. On my WC how does this look guys
Foster, hamer,
Terry, Berty,Baird , PVA, Wisdom
Sanchez,ADM,Chadli,downing,boyd
Aguero, Costa, Kane
2.5itb
Not that keen on ADM after watching last nights game and reading on United stats.
hard to sell downing as i got him in real cheap and he's points been consistent
what should i do with the 2.5itb guys
RMWCT
Foster Myhill
Duff Terry van Aanholt Wisdom Bertrand
Silva Hazard Chadli Sánchez Boyd
Agüero Costa Kane
ThanksDuff has lost his spot. Get Wasil.
ADM over Silva imo.Good advice, thanks.
What are people's thoughts on Cameron. He's currently sitting in my wc team since he's played a lot of games in a row. His versatility and fixtures make him a great option I think
definitely looking at him due to fixtures - could be better than PVA
Nailedoness, Defending and Attacking all behind PvA tbh
I think he's decent pick - versatile in real life and definitely nailed on. But so far he is not contributing much. I'd rather have PVA at same price.
Thoughts on my conundrum above, mate? Should I stick or twist (WC)?I do think B is better, but I suppose it depends on price rises as to whether you should just pull the trigger already. I was keen to get out some dead wood (like Zaba) so just hit the button
Prefer PvA for nailedoness
Defence is currently
Foster Myhill
Terry berty fonte Baird pva
If I need an extra 0.2m for fabregas over adm then presumably I could do pva to wasi cos it's unlikely I will ever bench Terry berty and fonte in a three man back line?
Very hard on who to keep between Siggy and Downing. Siggy has better fixtures but Downing has better strikers in front of him
but siggy has pens
My team: who NEEDS to go on WC? Defence is looking horrible fixtures wise, Silva > ADM?
Guzan / Gilks
Hutton wisdom Azpi Taylor Tomkins
Haz Sanchez Silva Siggy Boyd
Costa Aguero KaneWhy would you sell david???
Angel hasn't proved he's worth what he was yet...Azpi & Tomkins should change, otherwise looks good man.
Foster/Myhill
Terry/Wisdom/PVA/Clyne/Hutton
Does ta work cash wise?
Wisdom could be that cheap Lei ONE IF NEEDS BE.
On wc which two keepers are best option
I like Krul and Foster rotation
How's my squad lookin lads!
DDG (Krul)
Clyne, Jones, Ivanovic (Hutton, Wisdom)
Silva, Hazard, Sanchez, Downing, (Siggurdson)
Aguero, Kane, Austin
Made 2 Transfers : RVP & Clichy > Aguero & Clyne
Was it worth?
